Read Mighty Mouse's Thought For The Day - Every Day

This is the story of a tiny kitten - a runt, who was not expected to live. He refused to give in - he struggled against being put to sleep and left to die - even though people mistook him for some kind of alien mouse and not a kitten. His heart is bigger than a mountain - his love is boundless. He is an inspiration to everyone who comes in contact with him

Read the Former exploits of the Kitten no bigger than a Mouse - click the link and join Cat World

Friday, March 19, 2010

IN THE BEGINNING - 4 - 5 WEEKS

So many of Oliver's aunties and friends seem to have missed the bulk of the photos of when he was very young and very tiny.

What you are seeing in these pics is not a two or three day old kitten but the miracle Mighty Mouse between 4 and 5 weeks.

Hard to believe now that he weighed just 210 grams at 4 weeks

For the first 4 weeks that I had him he was fed every hour 24/7 and spent his time sleeping in my bra or inside my dressing gown so that he could hear my heart beat. I had only ever hand raised one kitten before and that was 34 years ago.

When I look at him now it is hard to believe this tiny weird looking creature survived at all...let alone grew into the beautiful Oliver.

He'll be back tomorrow with his thought for the day and tomorrow a Classic adventure from the Archives!

6 comments:

Hard to believe indeed Coral. What an achievement for you and the Mighty Mouse. We mustn't forget Tony , who was always there to encourage and help. Hugs to you all Carole

BTW Akira and Selina have just found out that I am visiting Oliver in May and worse still that their brother coming with me but they are staying home. They have grumbled to Oliver in the A Little Education thread. Boy am I in trouble!

hi oliver you were very very very cute when you where a little boy now look at you now you are a big boy and darcy has grown as well did you sleep on nanny and tony's bed last night or did you and darcy sleep in tony's room love allie

About Mighty Mouse

Born in a litter of 6 to a beautiful Birman queen, the kittens looked to have a good start being normal weight. But within 24 hours, their mother had no milk and the kittens needed to be handraised. By the time he was 11 days old, barely hanging on to life, 2 of the kittens had died. He was the size of a mouse and weighed less than 100grams when he was a week old. His breeder struggled to hand feed the remaining 4 kittens without help, but it was an impossible task. She took him to the vet at 4 weeks to be put to sleep. But something about him persuaded the vet not to put him down. When I first encountered him, HE WOULDN'T STOP PURRING. In order to save the older 3 kittens, MM was destined to die - his luck had run out, and that's when I took him. It was his last chance and all the odds were against him. He weighed 210grams - which is about 7 ounces at 4.3 weeks and was mistaken at the vet's for an exotic Mouse. NOBODY expected him to live. But he had other ideas. You can read his story by following the link and joining Cat World ( a very simple process)- and that in turn has a link to his first few weeks. Enjoy